Research Catalog

Title

Ida B. Wells-Barnett portrait collection[graphic].

Publication

<1950?-1990?>

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Willis, Oscar B.
• Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931.

Description

• <1> photoprint : silver gelatin, b&w; 9 x 12 cm.
• <14> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;

Summary

Quarter and half length portraits of civil rights activist and journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett. One view is of Wells-Barnett with her husband Ferdinand and daughter. Also a copy of the title page of "Southern Horrors: lynch law in all its phases," and a newspaper article written by Wells-Barnett.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

• Women journalists
• African American journalists
• Title pages > 1890-1899
• Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931
• Portrait photographs > 1890-1929
• Silver gelatin photoprints > 1950-1999
• African American women authors
• Women civil rights workers

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1890-1929.
• Silver gelatin photoprints – 1950-1999.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Some photographs are duplicates; some bear captions.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo Wells-Barnett, Ida B.

OCLC

NYPG087000102-F

Title

Ida B. Wells-Barnett portrait collection[graphic].

Imprint

<1950?-1990?>

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Local Note

Negatives exist for some images.

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Added Author

Willis, Oscar B. Photographer

Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931. Southern horrors.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Wells-Barnett, Ida B.